The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S.

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...

Rody Duterte’s senatorial candidates can have a show of hands. Who among them will jet ski to Sandy Cay, plant the Philippine ...

BEIJING (AP) — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days ...

The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...

Gov’t execs, lawmakers slam Chinese disinformation on WPS The Philippines remains in control of Sandy Cay, which is near ...

The Philippine team, using four motorised rubber boats, disembarked at Pag-asa Cay 1, Cay 2 and Cay 3 before sunrise. Their ...

The Philippines and China defended their claims to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after Manila accused Beijing of ...

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The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) has reaffirmed the Philippines' maritime rights over Sandy Cay, ...

Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

OFFICIALS on Monday denied China's claims that it has seized Sandy Cay, one of the disputed reefs in the South China Sea, and ...